Denied Case Re-affirmed by USCIS

[Rezahoss 11]

Hi,

My sister had an interview last year but her case (through my mother) was sent back to USCIS for further processing. After a year, we received an email from USCIS telling us that "we mailed you a notice affirming our original approval. Please contact the Department of State directly for any further information on your case."

But when I contacted NVC they tell me I should contact the embassy. After attempting to contact the embassy several times, we finaly got an email telling us that "Yet we have not received back your file. Thanks".

Does anyone know what we should do next?

Thank you all for your help!

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

When was the case re-affirmed? It can take a while for it to be sent to the embassy.

[Rezahoss 11]

When was the case re-affirmed? It can take a while for it to be sent to the embassy.

We got the re-affirmation email from USCIS on 9/3/16. (sorry I should've included this important information :-)

[Rezahoss 11]

Has anyone had a similar experience with their case initially rejected at Embassy and sent back to USCIS and then re-affirmed by USCIS?

[Merrytooth 5,748]

OP's thread background history

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/561177-f2b-interview-case-denied/

[Rezahoss 11]

OP's thread background history

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/561177-f2b-interview-case-denied/

Thanks Merrytooth! :-)

[Petricia 3]

Thanks Merrytooth! :-)

hello! we were just reaffirmed on 26th of august and got another email on 7th of september, that our case was sent to NVC- nvc received it on 16th of september and now we are waiting for it to be transfered to embassy, hope this gives you some idea about timeframe :-)

[Rezahoss 11]

hello! we were just reaffirmed on 26th of august and got another email on 7th of september, that our case was sent to NVC- nvc received it on 16th of september and now we are waiting for it to be transfered to embassy, hope this gives you some idea about timeframe :-)

Hi Petricia,

This is most helpful! Thank you very much! We were hoping that the case would have been sent to the embassy directly and skip the NVC, but apparently that is not the case.

[Rezahoss 11]

So I emailed USCIS to tell them NVC and the embassy have no knowledge of the case being returned to them and just now I got an email from USCIS:

Good day,

The petition is in transit to the National Visa Center. Please allow 60 days for it to be received and entered into their database.

Please direct future inquiries to the address below.

Department of State National Visa Center (NVC)

Attn: CB

31 Rochester Avenue

Portsmouth, NH 03801-2909

Phone: 603-334-0700

For future status inquiries of a petition or application filed at this Center you may want to utilize our National Customer Service Center by calling 1-800-375-5283. If you would like to obtain forms, filing instructions, case status or schedule an appointment with your local office, please visit our website at www.uscis.gov .

Officer Karen

Vermont Service Center

Family Division

[user92 1]

On 9/20/2016 at 6:03 PM, Rezahoss said:

Hi Petricia,

This is most helpful! Thank you very much! We were hoping that the case would have been sent to the embassy directly and skip the NVC, but apparently that is not the case.

My case is also reaffirmed i m in ir 2 cateogory now long nvc take to transfer the case to embassy